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Rickardsville Iowa Map

Explore Rickardsville, Iowa, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Rickardsville, Iowa

How to Use This Rickardsville, Iowa Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Rickardsville, Iowa. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Iowa or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Rickardsville.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Rickardsville
State	Iowa (IA)
County	Dubuque County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	42.583331
Longitude	-90.884018
Population	202
Density	85.1 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	52039
Area Code	712
County Seat	Dubuque
School District	Western Dubuque County Community School District

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About Rickardsville, Iowa

Rickardsville is a locality in Dubuque County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 202. The population density is 85.1 people per km². Rickardsville is located at 42.5833°N, 90.8840°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Rickardsville is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 52039.

Rickardsville occupies a quiet prominence atop the high, fertile plateaus of eastern Iowa, where the land stretches out in long, measured swells of corn and soybean fields that seem to breathe under the shifting prairie light. It lies 12.6 miles west-northwest of Dubuque, IA (from Dubuque, IA: bearing 297°T), and is situated 8.3 miles northwest of Asbury. The earth here is deep and dark, yielding to the ancient, rhythmic erosion of the North Fork Little Maquoketa River, which carves a patient path through the limestone bedrock just a mile away. To the west, the horizon is anchored by the distant, hazy silhouette of Balltown Ridge, a silent guardian that watches over the descent into the quiet shadows of Stegar Hollow. The air carries a crisp, unadorned clarity, especially when the sun dips low, casting a long, amber glow that transforms the simple geometry of silos and fence lines into something starkly elegant.

Settlers of German and Scandinavian descent first broke this soil to cultivate a life defined by the seasons, establishing a legacy of hard-working agrarian independence that remains the pulse of Rickardsville today. Local life is tethered to the slow turn of the harvest, with the economy finding its primary strength in the bounty of the surrounding fields rather than the transient noise of commerce. Residents often look toward the wider world through the lens of a quiet, literate civility, occasionally seeking the solace of nature at Bankston Park or walking the path of the Heritage Trail to reconnect with the landscape. While Snyder Slough sits further off, the water that feeds the region’s veins remains a vital, unseen presence, grounding the people in a geography that demands both patience and respect for the seasons.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Bankston Park (Local Park) — 3.5 mi, 245° SW
Driftless Area National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 3.9 mi, 241° SW · 2,440 acres
Heritage Trail (Local Park) — 5.0 mi, 162° S
Ms Rv Pools 11-22 Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 5.8 mi, 011° N
Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife And Fish Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 6.0 mi, 013° N · 274k acres
State Owned Islands - Sd (State Resource Management Area) — 6.1 mi, 004° N
Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.0 mi, 347° N
Bergfeld Recreation Area (Local Recreation) — 8.2 mi, 142° SE
Voie de la Liberté 1944 Milestone (Monument) — 9.7 mi, 277° W
Field of Dreams (Attraction) — 10.5 mi, 236° SW
White Pine Hollow State Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 11.1 mi, 286° W
Badger Hut (Historic Ruins) — 11.2 mi, 051° NE
UD Spartan Statue (Monument) — 11.4 mi, 121° SE
“mancherlei Gaben Und Ein Geist” Sculpture (Monument) — 11.4 mi, 121° SE
Nelson Dewey State Park (State Park) — 11.7 mi, 328° NW
Heitkamp Planetarium (Museum) — 11.7 mi, 118° SE
Heritage House Museum (Museum) — 11.9 mi, 259° W
The Inevitability of Land (Public Artwork) — 12.0 mi, 117° SE
Creekside Amphitheater (Theatre) — 12.1 mi, 113° SE
Voices Studios (Gallery) — 12.1 mi, 115° SE
Stonefield Historic Site (Museum) — 12.3 mi, 326° NW
Ham House Museum (Museum) — 12.4 mi, 107° E
Allison Point (Viewpoint) — 12.5 mi, 104° E
National Rivers Hall of Fame (Museum) — 13.0 mi, 118° SE
Mines of Spain State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 13.4 mi, 127° SE
Inwood Woodcarving Exhibit (Gallery) — 14.0 mi, 241° SW
Dark Chambers Haunted Attraction (Attraction) — 14.0 mi, 098° E
Ampitheater (Attraction) — 15.2 mi, 123° SE
Five Flags Theater (Theatre) — 16.7 mi, 041° NE
Effigy Mounds National Monument (National Monument) — 28.1 mi, 330° NW · 2,460 acres

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